Multiple Sclerosis With Childhood Onset: Report of 21 Cases in Taiwan

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 327-334

  Weng, Wen Chin ^a   Yang, Chih Chao ^a   Yu, Tsui Wen ^b   Shen, Yu Zen ^a   Lee, Wang Tso ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MIN SHENG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 33750312913     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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